Date: 15/12/2010

LeCroy's software turns your computer as capable oscilloscope

LeCroy Corporation has announced a new version of its LogicStudio software that enhances the oscilloscope connectivity of the LogicStudio 16 providing support to LeCroy WaveJet oscilloscope and other 10 popular oscilloscopes from Tektronix and Agilent. This new software lets users to interface with wide range of oscilloscopes from 40 MHz up to 1 GHz turn their PCs into Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes. The 16 digital channels, 1 GS/s sample rate, 3.75ns glitch capture, and serial protocol analysis (I2C, SPI, UART) of LogicStudio can now combine with the analog channels from a wide range of oscilloscopes including the LeCroy WaveJet, six Tektronix product lines, or three Agilent product lines. Lecroy quotes "The lively, dynamic waveform display with a smart, intuitive user-interface is now more powerful than ever, providing a deep toolset for digital, serial and analog debug"

LogicStudio can capture and display digital and serial signals. The communication from the LogicStudio software to the oscilloscope will allow for configuring the trigger and transferring data, presenting all the digital, serial and analog data in a single display. Analog waveforms from the oscilloscope are displayed alongside digital and serial signals from the digital channel enabling quick and easy mixed signal measurements.

Protocol analysis for I2C, SPI and UART is included to decode waveforms as they are captured and provide the ability to trigger on specific address or data packets on the bus.

The LogicStudio software offers easy mouse based navigation user-interface, making debugging faster, smarter and much easier. For timing measurements, activate a pair of cursors anywhere on the display or snap them right to an edge of one of the waveforms for precise measurements.

The trigger can be operated in Auto, Normal or Single modes just like a modern oscilloscope, LogicStudio provides free running signal acquisitions with no delays due to data being transferred to the PC.